craze
/kreɪz/ (bre, ipa) · /kreɪz/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkrāz/ (ame, mw)
craze — 名詞
- crazesingular
- crazesplural
1. something — a hobby, gadget, dance, or way of dressing — that suddenly becomes v
風潮；熱潮
一陣子很多人跟著流行的事物
something — a hobby, gadget, dance, or way of dressing — that suddenly becomes very fashionable among a lot of people, but usually goes out of fashion after a few months.
Bubble tea became a worldwide craze after photos of it spread on social media.
珍珠奶茶在社群媒體上被瘋傳之後，變成了全球風潮。
collocation: become a worldwide craze
Asher's older sister still remembers the loom-band craze from when she was at primary school.
Asher 的姊姊到現在還記得她國小時的橡皮筋手環熱潮。
collocation: [noun] + craze for naming a specific fad
There is a sudden craze for cold-water swimming among office workers in Taipei.
台北上班族最近突然興起一股冷水游泳的熱潮。
Every summer a new dance craze sweeps through high schools and disappears by autumn.
每年夏天都會有新的舞蹈風潮席捲高中校園，到秋天就退燒了。
Meera says the latest craze among her friends is collecting tiny figurines from vending machines.
Meera 說她朋友間最新的熱潮是去扭蛋機收集小公仔。
- fad
very close in meaning; 'fad' is slightly more dismissive and stresses how silly or pointless the fashion is.
- trend
broader and more neutral; a trend can last for years, while a craze burns out quickly.
- fashion
more often used for clothes and style; less suggestive of mass excitement.
- mania
stronger and more dramatic; suggests obsessive enthusiasm rather than just popularity.
文法句型
a craze for [noun]
the latest craze
用法筆記
Subject is usually a hobby, product, or activity rather than a person; often paired with 'for' to name what people are excited about ('a craze for X'). Implies the popularity is short-lived — contrast with 'trend', which can describe slower, longer changes.
常見錯誤
craze — 動詞
- crazepresent simple I / you / we / they
- crazes3rd person singular
- crazing-ing form
- crazedpast simple
1. to make somebody so upset or excited that they cannot think clearly; the adjecti
使發狂
讓人情緒崩潰、無法理性思考
to make somebody so upset or excited that they cannot think clearly; the adjective form 'crazed' is far more common than the base verb in modern English.
The long siege had crazed several of the older soldiers, who now wandered the camp talking to themselves.
長期的圍城讓營區裡幾名年長的士兵發狂，現在他們常常自言自語走來走去。
passive: be crazed by [cause]
Anthony wrote that grief over his wife's death seemed to craze him for almost a year.
Anthony 寫道，喪妻之痛似乎讓他發狂了將近一年。
pattern: [event] + craze + [person]
Romi described the trapped fox as crazed with fear, throwing itself against the bars of the cage.
Romi 形容那隻被困住的狐狸已經被恐懼逼瘋，不停往籠子的鐵條撞過去。
In old novels, jealous lovers are often shown to slowly craze under the weight of their suspicions.
在舊小說裡，吃醋的情人常常被自己的猜疑慢慢逼到發狂。
- calm
as in 'calm somebody down' — the opposite movement, from upset toward steady.
文法句型
crazed by [noun]
crazed with [emotion]
用法筆記
Now mostly literary; in everyday speech, 'drive somebody mad' or 'send somebody crazy' is used instead. The past participle 'crazed' is much more frequent and works as an adjective ('a crazed look', 'crazed with grief').
常見錯誤
2. (of a glazed or painted surface) to develop a pattern of very thin, shallow crac
出現龜裂
釉面或漆面出現細密裂紋
(of a glazed or painted surface) to develop a pattern of very thin, shallow cracks that spread across the whole surface; also, to cause such cracks to form on a surface.
Old porcelain teacups often craze if you pour boiling water into them too quickly.
如果直接倒滾水進去，舊的瓷茶杯常常會出現細小的龜裂。
intransitive: [surface] + craze
Decades of sunlight had crazed the varnish on Bilal's grandfather's writing desk.
幾十年的日曬讓 Bilal 祖父書桌上的亮光漆出現了一層細密的龜裂。
pattern: [cause] + craze + [surface]
The glaze on the antique vase had crazed into a delicate web of pale, hair-thin lines.
那只古董花瓶的釉面已經龜裂成一張像髮絲一樣細的紋路網。
Niran warned the pottery class that cooling the bowls too fast would craze the glaze.
Niran 提醒陶藝課的學生，碗冷卻太快會讓釉面出現龜裂。
文法句型
something crazes
the surface is crazed
用法筆記
Mainly used by potters, ceramicists, conservators, and people who work with old paintings or varnish. Distinguished from sense 1 by the inanimate subject — only surfaces and finishes can 'craze' in this sense.